Equality FB picture changes

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

facebook is stupid.

[stlouie_lipp]

facebook is stupid.

/thread

[Maclowery]

I did it.

What is the proper time frame to go back to my normal, stunningly handsome bathroom mirror self-important pose, or my Out-with-all-my-boys chillin' pose, or my Outdoorsy Hiking pose, or possibly my silly-face-with-my-cousin pose?

This change of facebook motifs has really got me in a quandary.

[planet planet]

I'll take lazy activistism any day over this awful FB post about an acquaintance's dog accompanied by a picture of a hot dog:

Tyson gets a $4 dollar hot dog no bun for bfast this morning...he eats better than most kids in Somalia lol

[JackofDiamonds]

I'll take lazy activistism any day over this awful FB post about an acquaintance's dog accompanied by a picture of a hot dog:

Tyson gets a $4 dollar hot dog no bun for bfast this morning...he eats better than most kids in Somalia lol

Unfriend.

[Michael]

Agree. It's stupid. I'm convinced most people just do it to look cool and hip.

Convinced by what?

If I'm being honest, I think the hipster-ish position here is the one above.

I didn't change mine because I didn't even know this was happening. But I look at my list of friends there and it looks like about 40% of them have changed their picture to the one being used for this.

If you're a gay person, and you may have an idea that most of your friends support you, but you're not sure, then I can see this being pretty reassuring and even moving. [expletive], I was a little moved by it. I saw a couple people in my list I wouldn't have guessed would support this.

If you don't support gay marriage and thought you're belief was much more widespread, you might also have found yourself surprised yesterday.

I think the collective effect of this small thing is much greater than a bunch of hundred word posts most people would not have likely read anyway. There IS slacktivism of course (i.e. - signing some internet petition), but I don't think we're talking about activism here. This is just showing support to your friends in (I'd argue) a very visible way.

This is why I did it. My gay friends genuinely appreciated the admittedly small gesture. 20 years ago that kind of support was unthinkable.